Chicken Ranch (Nevada)

The Chicken Ranch is a legal, licensed brothel located about 60 miles (97km) west of Las Vegas near the town of Pahrump, in Nye County, at 10511 Homestead Road. The 17 bed brothel sits on 40 acres (16ha) of land. A separate building, connected to the main house by a breezeway, contains three extensively decorated, themed "bungalows" catering to those customers wishing a more luxurious experience.

The ranch also houses the Leghorn Bar. The bar has a separate entrance for customers not wishing to enter the brothel parlor.

History

Walter Plankinton opened the Nevada Chicken Ranch in 1976, as close to Las Vegas as legally possible. He encountered strong opposition from local law enforcement and other brothel owners.

The initial location of the Chicken Ranch was inside the town limits of Pahrump, where prostitution was illegal. Plankinton was arrested and found guilty of violating the town's laws. He moved the brothel to a new location within Nye County, but outside of town limits. After lengthy appeals he served 60 days in jail in 1981.

Chicken Ranch (film)

The documentary, which remains purely observational for the most part, depicts the prostitutes as likeable characters often looking for a way out of the remote location where the brothel is situated. The film shows the girls lining up for potential clients, joking about their job, and interacting with one another within the brothel. The film ends with one girl, Mandy, being fired from the ranch.

Plot

The documentary begins without narration as a plane lands down in the remote part of the desert where Chicken Ranch is situated while a number from the Broadway Musical based on the Texas situated Ranch is played. Before the documentary scenes begin, we are advised that the women working at Chicken Ranch only work for three weeks out of the month and that their earnings are split 50/50 with the owner (plus rent).

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On Tuesday, students came together to install a new fence bordering the backside of the chicken coop preventing any further access from behind. “A bunch of our kids come from ranching families so they totally know how to put up fences and they were just like, ‘let’s do this,’” said Holly Sargeant-Green, garden leader....

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Among the more indulgent items are plenty of appetizers such as the addictive bourbon and brown sugar chicken wings with ranch dressing for dipping ($15) and the “WahooWhite” Beer Steamed Mussels ($18) with ginger, garlic, shallots, serrano chili, shishito peppers, ......